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the united states. weather conditions often change rapidly, and afternoon thunderstorms are common in the summertime ; hailstorms and snow are possible year @ - @ round. an electrical storm on the mountain's summit was considered remarkable enough to be reported in the july 1894 issue of science. mount elbert is part of the sawatch range, an uplift of the laramide orogeny which separated from the mosquito range to the east around 28 million years ago. the tops of this range were heavily glaciated, leaving behind characteristic summit features and other such clues. for example, the base of elbert on the eastern